Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Kimball Club Earns Money To Fight Polio
Kimball Superintendent Elizabeth Owens, left, participates in the Purple Pinkie Project. Interact Club Members in the picture include junior Beau Hanks and freshman Ozzy Flores.
The Kimball Interact Club does one International Project each year and this year the Club participated in the Purple Pinkie Project which raises money towards the eradication of polio.
Polio has no cure. It is a crippling and potentially fatal disease and children under the age of 5 are at greatest risk.
However, polio is easy to prevent by a vaccination that costs very little. When children are vaccinated, they have a purple stamp put on their little finger – giving them a "purple pinkie" - and this is where the project gets its name.
On Monday, April 29, students and staff at both Mary Lynch and the Junior/Senior High School donated $350 to the cause.
All who donated had a pinkie dyed purple. For every additional dollar, another finger was dyed purple. It was a fun way for the students to participate and raise money for a worthwhile cause.
All the money raised will go to Polio Plus. which is a Rotary Project that purchases and distributes vaccinations to the three countries where polio is still present.
